"SLUGS AND SNAILS: Jets from an Unconventional Angle"

Date: 
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 - 11:00
Location: 
AURA Lecture Hall
Speaker: 
DANIEL HARRIS, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Gemini South Visiting Astronomer
Talk Abstract: 

We discuss some aspects of extragalactic jets originating from super massive black holes in the centres of active galaxies (and quasars). We start with a short review of sizes and flavors and then argue that the emission we detect across the electromagnetic spectrum does not come from the essence of the jet, but is rather a product of the jet. We go on to discuss some topics concerning synchrotron emission from jets, mainly aspects of knots. Finally we discuss the emission processes for the X-rays and mention a short list of uncomfortable 'worries'.